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How can I show online-only folders on my Windows machine?
I have a help ticket ongoing but maybe someone else has an answer in the meantime.
I've uninstalled/reinstalled Dropbox on my laptop to opt out of the Windows update and try to avoid the conflicted...
but since I selected all my main folders to be online only until I can manually download what I want, they don't show up in the Dropbox folder.
You didn't select folders to be online-only. You used the Selective Sync feature to remove the local copy of the folders completely. Selective Sync and Online-only are two different features.
Selective Sync is used to completely remove a folder from your local Dropbox folder. Any folder removed will never sync to that computer. If you want the folder to appear on your computer, it must be checked in the Selective Sync settings.
Online-only is a way to specify that files and folders should only be stored in your account online, but remain visible on your local drive without taking up space. Such files and folders have a marker file left behind. Interacting with that marker file will cause Dropbox to download the file or folder back to your computer so you can interact with it.
Is there any way for me to see all my folders and subfolders on my computer, with their contents (files) online only, so I can start managing and syncing what I choose?
Go into Dropbox Preferences and set the default sync preference to Online-only.
Then go back into the Selective Sync settings and check all of your folders again. They'll sync down to your computer in an Online-only state.
Screencaps of my Dropbox folder as it currently appears--no folders--and the Selective Sync options in the app, I want these folders to show up, just with contents online only. I have 350GB hard drive space.
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